Hello,
I’m pretty familiar with CUDA (writing code since CUDA3.0), but PyCUDA is quite new for
me.
I’ve been asked to configure our code that runs on CUDA 6.5, to run on GeForce GTX 1080
(compute capability 6.1).
OS is Windows 64bit, CUDA version – 6.5, GPU devices that should be supported: GeForce GTX
980Ti (compute capability 5.2) and GeForce GTX 1080 (comp.cap. 6.1), Python version –
2.7.
NVidia driver was updated (much after the CUDA), to support both the new 1080 and the old
980Ti cards.
Just to answer the question before it’s asked – there are some technical reasons that
prevent us from moving now to CUDA 8.0 or 9.0 (it will be done some time later, but the
new cards have to be supported today, with the old CUDA and all the existing code…).
The usual C/C++ code, compiled with nvcc with sm 52 (sm 50 is ok too), with CUDA6.5 – runs
fine on both 980Ti and 1080.
The same “trick” (nvcc with sm 52 or 50), and compilation to .cubin files from python –
gives the following error when trying to run:
pycuda._driver.LogicError: cuModuleLoadDataEx failed: invalid source –
The only guess I have is that the pycuda package (which was installed from binary
distribution) - was linked with too old version of NVIDIA binaries (such as driver rt),
and I need to recompile the pycuda sources with the current packages installed on my
system.
Am I right? Or there is another explanation for this?
I’ve been looking for an answer in many blogs, but nobody describes my problem…
Any help is appreciated!
Sharon.
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Hello,
I’m pretty familiar with CUDA (writing code since CUDA3.0), but PyCUDA is quite new for
me.
I’ve been asked to configure our code that runs on CUDA 6.5, to run on GeForce GTX 1080
(compute capability 6.1).
OS is Windows 64bit, CUDA version – 6.5, GPU devices that should be supported: GeForce
GTX 980Ti (compute capability 5.2) and GeForce GTX 1080 (comp.cap. 6.1), Python version –
2.7.
NVidia driver was updated (much after the CUDA), to support both the new 1080 and the old
980Ti cards.
Just to answer the question before it’s asked – there are some technical reasons that
prevent us from moving now to CUDA 8.0 or 9.0 (it will be done some time later, but the
new cards have to be supported today, with the old CUDA and all the existing code…).
The usual C/C++ code, compiled with nvcc with sm 52 (sm 50 is ok too), with CUDA6.5 –
runs fine on both 980Ti and 1080.
The same “trick” (nvcc with sm 52 or 50), and compilation to .cubin files from python –
gives the following error when trying to run:
pycuda._driver.LogicError: cuModuleLoadDataEx failed: invalid source –
The only guess I have is that the pycuda package (which was installed from binary
distribution) - was linked with too old version of NVIDIA binaries (such as driver rt),
and I need to recompile the pycuda sources with the current packages installed on my
system.
Am I right? Or there is another explanation for this?
I’ve been looking for an answer in many blogs, but nobody describes my problem…